Dates:  Internship to begin immediately and to go through February-March 2012. 10am-2pm, Monday through Friday, and additional, as needed. 

Compensation: volunteer

 Dancer and choreographer Sarah Michelson seeks an intern to help with all aspects of scheduling and organizing rehearsals for a new dance commission. This internship is based in Brooklyn and the candidate will work on a new piece involving up to seven dancers to premiere in 2012 at a major NYC institution.

 Responsibilities:

-Coordinate with dancers and rehearsal venue(s) to schedule all rehearsals

-Organize rehearsals, including arranging for costumes, sets, props, music, etc.

-Be present at all rehearsals

-Take detailed notes at all rehearsals and conduct follow-up in timely manner

-Coordinate costumes and fittings

-Communicate with tech and lighting designers to clarify needs and schedule tech and lighting rehearsals

Qualifications:

-Excellent communication skills and computer proficiency

-Highly organized with ability to work on a tight timeline

-Knowledge of contemporary dance

-Familiarity with production

About Sarah Michelson:

Sarah Michelson’s work has been presented and commissioned by BAM, PS 122, The Kitchen,

Danspace Project, Movement Research in NYC; The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; On the Boards, Seattle; Chapter Arts, Cardiff, Wales; and has toured to Cutting Edge Festival, Frankfurt; Venice Biennale;

SommerSzene, Salzburg; Tanz im August Festival, Berlin; and Zuercher Theater Spektakel, Zurich, where she received the Der Foerder prize for best work at the festival.

 She has created several evening-length works and modular works; recent works include Devotion (2011) commissioned by The Kitchen, On the Boards, and The Walker Art Center; Dover Beach, which premiered at Chapter Arts, Cardiff, Wales (Sept 2008) and in New York at The Kitchen (June 2009); DOGS (2006), commissioned by BAM (2006); Daylight, Daylight (for Seattle) and Daylight (for Minneapolis) (2005) commissioned by The Walker for the opening of the first season in the center's expanded building; and she has created commissioned works for companies including Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project (2002); Lyon Opera Ballet (2005); Transitions Dance Co, Laban Center London (2006); and CanDoCo, London (2010).

 Michelson has been awarded two Bessies for choreography and one for Visual Design in collaboration

with Parker Lutz and Davison Scandrett; a Guggenheim Fellowship 2009; Foundation for Contemporary Arts Award 2008, and the 2006 Alpert Award in Dance; and support from Altria, Creative Capital, Jerome, NYFA, BUILD, Mid-Atlantic’s USAI, AMC Live Music for Dance, the MAP Fund, the DNA Project, NEFA, NDP, NPN, the Yellow House Fund, and Arts International.